From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   Adrian  writes:   
      
   > I thought about that.  The thing is that 3 years ago we seemed to   
   > manage happily without it, but one person changing job meant that it   
   > now seems to be essential.  I've asked higher ups why we now seem to   
   > have a defacto requirement to use WA, but no one seems to know.  And I   
   > don't see why I should buy a second phone (and ongoing costs with   
   > running it) for what this year is likely to be 10 days use.   
      
   I totally agree that it's absurd.  But it's essentially a war and a   
   second phone is a weapon.   
      
   >> I use the same technique with email. I have a spam-email that   
   >> currently has around 20k spam messages in it, and this is the one   
   >> most companies get.   
   >   
   > I have my own domain.  Companies usually get a unique email   
   > address. Those that abuse it, or leak it, are soon found out, and may   
   > lose business as a result.   
      
   And I think we have to take back this spirit of running the Internet   
   ourselves.  Remember---we are the ones that really know how to run it,   
   not Whatsapp, Facebook users.  So I think we all should host our own   
   mail again, host our own code, our own NNTP servers, our own mailing   
   lists...   
      
   I also feel that things are changing.  To what I don't know, but   
   essentially when the changes become more clear, we'd be ourselves ready   
   with solutions and also not worried that we're helping the movement   
   that's hurting us.  It feels great to realize that we don't put in even   
   a cent towards this movement.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)